The clouds of the Paksaja type originate from the clipped wings of the mountains. They are called kalpajas (born in the kalpas). These autumnal clouds shower at night towards the close of the kalpa bringing about destruction.
When the Paksaja, Puskara and other clouds shower water, everything becomes a vast sea of water. During the night, the lord lies down there.
The terminal and the respiratory bronchioles are the “wings,” paksas, of the “mountains” (bronchi) and of them are born the alveoli, the “clouds,” also known as the “paksajas,” the ones born of the wings (of the mountains). Indra is said to have clipped the wings of the mountains by means of his vajra. As we have known the “wings” to be the bronchioles, therefore Indra must have utilized his vajra on the bronchioles. By controlling the bronchioles, one controls the “clouds,” the alveoli. This seems to indicate the neural (parasympathetic?) control exerted on the bronchioles. Does Indra—who is also known as the lord of the clouds—represent the Vagus nerve?
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